Art
May 31, 1996
In the Red
Texas artists versus Texas galleries.
Art & Artists
Art
December 1, 1995
We Are the World
An ambitious new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston suggests Texas is becoming less like itself and more like everyplace else.
Art
September 1, 1995
Texas Twenty: Linda Pace Roberts
From hot sauce to hot art.
Art
January 1, 1995
Brush With Fame
As a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art.
Art
September 1, 1994
Rick Brettell
The arts impresario of Dallas.
Art
August 1, 1994
War Paint
Fifty years after the bloody battle of Peleliu, Tom Lea’s paintings still prove war is hell.
Art
July 1, 1994
His Own Private Marfa
In the wide-open spaces of Marfa, late sculptor Donald Judd’s immense legacy beckons West Texas travelers.
Style & Design
December 1, 1991
Brand Name
Long forgotten, Western artist Till Goodan’s bucking broncs and stalwart cowboys are bringing big money and sparking a revival.
Art
April 1, 1991
Cult of Self
With their earnest autobiographical and cultural themes, the young Mexican painters and sculptors are following the legacy of Frida Kahlo.
Art
August 1, 1990
Industrious Arts
For a handful of Texas artists, crafting a living comes naturally.
Books
December 1, 1987
Growing Up With George and Martha
By turning two tiny dots into two huge hippos, James Marshall made an indelible mark on children’s literature, and little people laughed happily ever after.
Art
May 31, 1987
New Kid on the Block
The Menil Collection has received so much attention that its opening this month may seem anticlimactic. The only unknown is what the director plans to do with it all.
Art
October 1, 1986
The Eye of the Beholder
A museum in Texas is the last place Jacques-Louis David would expect to find his late masterpiece, but we’re glad it’s here.
Art
April 1, 1986
Solace in the Desert
With dogged independence, amazing endurance, and a rugged romantic vision, photographer Laura Gilpin helped create the way we see the West today.
Art
November 1, 1985
The Art-by-the-Truckload School
They’re cheesy, they’re tasteless. But each black velvet painting is a one-of-a-kind work of art.
Art
January 1, 1985
“Take Nothing and Make Something”
Working alone at his home in East Texas, Fox Harris is divinely inspired to create towering, fanciful sculptures out of junk.
Art
August 1, 1984
The Marfa Art War
Sculptor Donald Judd had the vision. The Dia Art Foundation had the money. Now they’ve had it with each other.
Art
May 1, 1983
Larger Than Life
Tom Lea, the grand old man of Texas painting, grew up among giants. No wonder he always used a big canvas.
Art
March 1, 1983
The Cutting Edge
Texas' glass artists are leading a revolution in an ancient craft.
Art
June 1, 1982
His Name Was Forrest Bess
He was wildly eccentric, he lived in a shanty on the Gulf, he subsisted as a bait fisherman, he had bizarre notions of eternal life. He may have been the best artist Texas has ever produced.
Style & Design
May 1, 1979
Making It
Six Texas artisans are busy putting the craft back in craftsmanship.